Archive for May 20th, 2008
Bengal turned teacher suspended from classroom
MOUNT HEALTHY, Ohio (AP) — A Cincinnati-area high school teacher and coach who once played for the Bengals has been suspended by school officials who say he made inappropriate comments to female students. Mount Healthy City Schools Superintendent David Horine says Keith Rucker did not proposition a student, but he wouldn’t describe the nature of [...]
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
This weekend, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” is coming to a theater near you. So I decided to take a look around the net for some trivia about the film. I found far and away the best site to get movie information is IMDB.com, the Internet Movie Database. It’s one of [...]
Demjanuk again facing deportation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Monday that an alleged former Nazi death camp guard has exhausted all legal avenues for trying to remain in the United States and the government remains committed to deporting him. The department commented after the Supreme Court refused to step into the case of 88-year-old John Demjanjuk, who [...]
ALERT: Sen. Ted Kennedy has malignant brain tumor
BOSTON (AP) — A cancerous brain tumor caused the seizure Sen. Edward M. Kennedy suffered over the weekend, doctors said Tuesday in a grim diagnosis for one of American politics’ most enduring figures. Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat say tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his left [...]
Susan N. Lansdowne
Susan "Suzy" N. Lansdowne, 54, of Elyria, died Sunday, May 18, 2008, at home, following a long illness. She was born in Cleveland July 22, 1953, and lived in Sheffield Lake most of her life, moving to Elyria to live with her sister four years ago. She was a graduate of Lorain Catholic High School, [...]
Sullivan A. Burnsworth Sr.
Sullivan A. “Bus” Burnsworth Sr., 81, of North Ridgeville, passed away Monday, May 19, 2008, at his home, following a long illness. He was born in McClellandtown, Pa., and had been a resident of North Ridgeville for the past 53 years, moving from Elyria. Mr. Burnsworth served in the Army during WWII. He worked for [...]
Hit-and-run puts cyclist in critical condition
ELYRIA — Robert L. Anderson was riding his bicycle to his weekend job at Burger King on West River Road early Saturday morning when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. Monday, the 28-year-old man who lives on Cascade Street was in critical condition at Huron Hospital in Cleveland. Christy Zedell, Anderson’s fiancee and the [...]
Cavs have plenty to prove, improve as they look to future
INDEPENDENCE — Missed shots, missed defensive assignments and missed opportunities will haunt the Cavaliers for the entire offseason. Cleveland came painfully close to upsetting the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals, only to come up five points short in the decisive seventh game Sunday. It was a heartbreaking way for the Cavaliers’ reign as [...]
Sons sue after finding out mother’s ashes were dug up, moved
AMHERST — Roberta Yates’ simple headstone lies at the bottom of a small slope off the side of the road at Crownhill Cemetery. Her cremated remains, however, are buried in Rittman. And her three sons didn’t learn their mother — buried in the Amherst cemetery at city expense in 1995 — had been moved until [...]
Patrick Grant Keys
Patrick Grant Keys, 57, of Dublin, died at home Sunday, May 18, 2008, after a long illness. He was the son of J. Grant and Mary Keys of Elyria. Born in Elyria, he was a 1968 graduate of Elyria Catholic High School and in 1972, The Ohio State University. He worked in the Ohio House [...]
Amherst native gets attention on ‘Bachelorette’
Never judge a book by its cover, even when it walks through the door in a screamingly loud coat of many colors. DeAnna Pappas’ first wide-eyed reaction to Jesse Csincsak’s pink, green, blue, purple and black sport coat on Monday night’s two-hour season opener of ABC’s “The Bachelorette” could have led some to think the [...]
Grace says city needs tax renewal
ELYRIA — Despite facing two local women who want to use a recall vote to get him out of office, Mayor Bill Grace stayed focused as he explained that now is the time to start thinking about putting the failed 0.5 percent income tax renewal levy back on the ballot. Holding a special election in [...]
Rick Noland: LeBron needs more help … fast
A year ago, LeBron James got the Cavaliers to the NBA Finals with Drew Gooden and Larry Hughes — and Donyell Marshall, Ira Newble and Shannon Brown, if you want to get technical — as teammates. In 2008, the Cavaliers came within a whisker of reaching the Eastern Conference finals with Wally Szczerbiak, Delonte West, [...]
Mildred G. Garbash
Mildred G. Garbash, 97, of Elyria, died Saturday May 17, 2008, at Life Care Center of Elyria, following a long illness. She was born February 23, 1911, in Scottdale, Pa. She had retired as a licensed practical nurse and had worked for the Elyria Methodist Home. She was a member of The Elyria Baptist Church, [...]
State criticizes big booze buy
AMHERST — The Lorain County Visitors Bureau shouldn’t have purchased alcohol for a retirement party for its long-time executive director last year, according to a finding set to be released today by the Ohio Auditor of State’s Office. Barb Bickel, the bureau’s current executive director, said the bureau bought $374 worth of alcohol for the [...]
Man posing as cop swindles woman
AMHERST TWP. — An elderly woman was victimized by a con man posing as a police officer last week when he convinced her to send him $1,000. The man, claiming to be an Amherst police officer, contacted the 80-year-old woman on May 14 by phone, and threatened to arrest her if she didn’t send him [...]
Cavs notes: Ilgauskas hoping to play in the Olympics this year for Lithuania
INDEPENDENCE — Cavaliers forward LeBron James will be in China for the Summer Olympics when they begin Aug. 8. Center Zydrunas Ilgauskas hopes to join him. Ilgauskas has been invited to play for the Lithuanian Olympic team, but cannot suit up unless Cleveland’s management and the NBA give him permission. “It’s in discussions between the [...]
Mary Catherine Papworth
Mary Catherine Papworth (nee Steinke), 81, of Sheffield Lake, died Monday morning, May 19, 2008, in New Life Hospice of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. She was born December 8, 1926, in Celina. At age two, her family moved to Dayton. Mrs. Papworth resided in Oberlin, until 1959 when she moved to Sheffield [...]
Blotter: May 20, 2008
Elyria police Sunday, May 18 9:40 a.m. – 400 block Ninth St., house window broken by can of antifreeze. 12:32 p.m. – 200 block Lake Ave., 42 packs of cigarettes stolen from Clark gas station sometime overnight. 1:09 p.m. – 100 block Campagne St., home burglarized and Xbox 360 and video games stolen. Monday, May [...]
District softball semifinal: Midview stuns No. 7 Amherst with rally in 7th, four runs in 11th
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — In 11 innings of softball suspense, surprising twists and first-rate pitching, Midview prevailed over Amherst, the seventh-ranked team in the state, on Monday afternoon. The third-seeded Middies (20-7) erupted for four runs in the 11th to secure a 5-1 victory over the second-seeded Comets in a Division I district semifinal. They return [...]
Katrine Sedgewick Charnley Rieley
Katrine Sedgewick Charnley Rieley passed away Saturday, May 17, 2008. She was born in Roslyn Farms, Pa., May 31, 1915, one of three children born to Anna (Knapp) and Vernon Charnley. She was raised in Cleveland Heights, and in 1936, graduated with high honors in Sociology from Wells College, Aurora, N.Y. Katrine married Cornell graduate [...]
Joan M. Miller
Joan M. Miller (nee Arnold), 84, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2008, at Amherst Manor Nursing Home. She was born February 20, 1924, in Bloomfield, Neb., by her loving parents, Merle and Esther Arnold (both deceased). She graduated from High School in Kansas City. Joan enlisted in the Army, Women’s Army Corp serving from September [...]
Frieda L. Kuhn
Frieda L. Kuhn, 89, of Elyria, died Monday, May 19, 2008, at The Renaissance Help Center in Olmsted Township. She was born November 9, 1918, in Duncanwood, and has been an Elyria resident since 1942. She was employed at Western Automatic Machine Screw Company (Moen) in Elyria and then for 24 years at NASA Glenn [...]
Effie Marceleen Bullock
Effie Marceleen Bullock, 84, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2008, at Castle Nursing Home in Millersburg after a brief illness. She was born February 14, 1924, in Lorain, where she spent most of her life. She graduated from Lorain High School with the class of 1942A. She was a member of the National Honor Society [...]
District softball semifinal: Stolarski’s home run in the eighth saves top-ranked Elyria against Magnificat
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Elyria High was looking for a clutch performance Monday during its Division I district semifinal matchup against Magnificat. The top-ranked Pioneers were getting their usual brilliant performance from junior pitcher Tess Sito, but nobody was able to pick up the timely hit needed to get Elyria on the scoreboard. Then No. 8 [...]